Zhang Zhenguo

[Teck-Peng LOH Research Group @lab_TPLoh]

Inspired by nature, we used water as both solvent and reagent in developing a metal-free deuteration catalyzed by triaryl carbenium ion-pair. This approach offers a sustainable alternative to traditional H/D exchange, addressing metal-related challenges.
https://t.co/yEvoJh6nRN

[Teck-Peng LOH Research Group @lab_TPLoh]

Congrats to @wanry1991 and @jzhhua for developing a metal-free strategy using a triaryl carbenium ion pair as a catalyst to generate β-carbolines from tryptamines and aromatic aldehydes @CellRepPhysSci https://t.co/l4hI52OrBe

[Teck-Peng LOH Research Group @lab_TPLoh]

Congrats to Zhenguo and @jzhhua for developing an efficient, metal-free method to access 3,3'-bisindolylmethanes (BIMs) in water, via Friedel-Crafts type reaction of indoles and carbonyl compounds https://t.co/lqZd7jpthp @OrgChemFront

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

The 2022 #NobelPrize laureates in chemistry Barry Sharpless and Morten Meldal have laid the foundation for a functional form of chemistry – click chemistry – in which molecular building blocks snap together quickly and efficiently.

[Teck-Peng LOH Research Group @lab_TPLoh]

Congrats to @wanry1991 and @jzhhua for develping a metal-free aerobic dehydrogenation of N-heterocycles by a triphenylmethyl radical @ACSCatalysis https://t.co/B0b6mU7ewO